KC chinese fonts are archived separately at ftp://ftp.ifcss.org/pub/software/fonts/big5/misc/ kc16f00.zip kc16f15.zip kc24f00.zip kc24f02.zip kc24f15.zip master site is at ftp://moers2.edu.tw/chinese-pub/chinese-sys/kc This Chinese System is contributed by KC INFORMATION CO., LTD. to all TANET users running on PC. -nelson for ftp-admin@ifcss.org -- Beginner's Guide to KC KC is a "Chinese environment" for DOS. It operates in the background as a TSR program. If you don't know what that means, don't worry about it. The key point is that you can run any DOS applications as usual, e.g. text editors, in this environment, and while you do, any time a Chinese character is sent to the screen, KC will make sure that the graphic image of that character is displayed; ordinary ASCII (i.e. English) characters will be displayed as usual. The Chinese coding system used is Big5. Unfortunately, there is virtually no documentation included with KC, so I have written this guide for you to start with. First, note that though KC consists of a very large number of files, for basic use you need only a fairly small subset of them. I recommend that you start with only the following files: canton.idm kc.bat kcconfig.p16 kcidm.exe kctext24.f00 cks.com kc.ls kcconfig.p24 kcinit.exe kcword16.f00 cvs-vga.exe kcchin16.f00 kcfont.exe kcpin.idm kcword24.f00 etmode.com kcchin24.f00 kcfree.com kctext16.f00 Now, to install KC, it is easier to NOT use the INSTALL program. Instead, just edit the KC.BAT file by hand. For example, in my case, I just made one change to the original file, which was to change the KCIDM line (which lists the input modes you will use) to KCIDM canton.idm kcpin.idm indicating that I will use the Cantonese and (Mandarin) pinyin input modes. To start KC, simply type KC within your KC directory. (Of course, more advanced things can be done too, by setting paths and so on.) To end your KC session, return to the KC directory and type KCFREE /R KC is always in some input mode, English to start with. Each time you hit Shift/Ctrl, KC will move on to a new mode, say Mandarin or Cantonese, unless finally you reach English again. When in a Chinese input mode you type the romanization for a given Chinese character, KC will offer you a line of characters having that romanization, from which you indicate your choice by typing the number of the character you want within that line. In some cases there are so many characters corresponding to the same romanization that several lines are needed to display them all; in this case, cycle through the lines of characters by repeatedly hitting the space bar (PageUp and PageDown work too). If on the other hand you decide you don't want that romanization, you can cancel it, by hitting Esc. For Cantonese input, no tones are used; all characters with the given "spelling" are displayed. For pinyin input, Tone 1 is the default, and the 1 is not specified during input; other tones must be specified. Here is an example. In order to input Zhong1 guo2 ren2 yue4 lai2 yue4 duo1. Zenme ban4? i.e. ~{VP9zHKT=@4T=6`!#!!!!TuC40l#?~} in Cantonese mode I input jung 1gwok 1yan 1yuet 6loi 2yuet 6doh 1. jam 2moh 2baan 9? and in pinyin mode I input zhong 1guo21ren21yue4 1lai21yue4 1duo 1. zen3mo2ban40? (In both cases, note where I hit the space bar.) The romanization system used is roughly that of Simon Lau's dictionary. If you are using KC in conjunction with a dialup to a remote computer, you may have a problem with the non-ASCII nature of Big5 characters. So far, I have found no way to use Kermit with KC, but Telix works fine for that purpose.